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Agency Based Discussion => Dreamstime.com => Topic started by: Fran on July 09, 2010, 07:01
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http://www.dreamstime.com/thread_23022 (http://www.dreamstime.com/thread_23022)
Justice for your photos!
Part of the thumbnail's goals is to present the customer with an attractive and suggestive summary of how your file looks at original size. It's one of the agency's duties within a proper marketing of the image. We need to keep up with technological evolution and provide our customers with the best experience. The result is the new image details page, which goes live today.
In addition to the new thumbnails, now bigger and better (and lower in size!), we have done a complete redesign of the image page. The Extended and Royalty Free licenses can be purchased or compared on the same screen. The graphics also changed and prefigure our site's future look. We started with the floatable panel for lightboxes and will continue throughout the rest of the site to give you a better and more contemporary experience. The end result will ultimately be a complete redesign of the website. Considering its magnitude, this is a long process so we preferred to launch elements separately rather than wait for everything to be ready. By doing this we expect better sales, better customer experience and less technical glitches or disruptions.
The new page is available for all existing customers, while the new thumbnails are still being generated. Over 70% of the database already has the new thumbnail.
Dream on, dream until your dreams come true!
PS: the release is done gradually, some users will continue to see the previous page design, especially the ones with older credits.
Opinions? I don't love it, but the new thumbnail is pretty big.
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I think the improvements are great. I like the magnifier.
I am concerned about the larger image and image thieves, though. When you save that large thumbnail and open in PS, it's a good 5.5x6" at 72ppi. Only one watermark shows in the middle and dreamstime in the bottom right corner, even though when you use the magnifier on the site, there are several smaller watermarks around the edges. I would feel much better if there were smaller watermarks when you download it. But I see they don't have the comp image available any more, so I guess it's a trade-off between making things better for the buyers and inviting thieves.
I will try to focus on the positive aspects. :)
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Excellent. All we need now ... is some buyers.
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Excellent. All we need now ... is some buyers.
:)
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I know it looks different, but I'm failing to notice what actually is different. The similar images in my portfolio feature seemed to be working very well, but it is tucked away at the bottom of the page.